noun:

• the minority

noun:

• collectively, the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election ➜ 小泉チルドレン

noun:

• fine monk's robes worn by members of the imperial household, nobility, councilors (councillors), etc.

godan ~む verb:

• to draw off the top liquid

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to ask the opinion of (a superior)

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• as far as the eye can see

noun / ~する noun:

• adhering or embedding of wear debris in the opposing surface

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be used to eating the best; to have a refined palate

noun:

• residence for low class samurai enrolled in one of the police forces (Edo period) ➜ 与力・同心

expression:

• views in and around the city of Kyoto (paintings and drawings) ➜ 図・洛中洛外

godan ~く verb:

• to write in the square style

expression / adverb:

• without thinking of the consequences

noun:

• manga on the theme of male homosexual love - from ヤマなし、オチなし、意味なし. Sometimes 矢追.

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to reach (range) into the millions

noun:

• Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) ➜ 予算委員会

noun:

• precincts of the Imperial palace

expression:

• it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight [literal] - proverb

noun:

• time of the crime

noun:

• referee officiating the lowest division - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• reselling train tickets on the black market - slang - obscure term

expression:

• thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye - idiom

noun:

• alcohol or sake drunk during the meal (as opposed to aperitifs, digestifs, etc.)

noun:

• mastery of the air

noun:

• sailing before the wind; everything is going well - four character idiom

noun:

• juvenile delinquents roaming about the city in groups - From English "teamer"